This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 960: Buddy Holly, and The Night The Music LivedLooking at the calendar, we realized that Sunday night was the 60th anniversary of The Day The Music Died, when the pop world lost Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and The Big Bopper in a plane crash on February 3rd, 1959. We knew we needed to commemorate th...

Tonight On THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO: The Night The Music LivedSCHEDULING NOTE: We're on one hour earlier this week, running from 8 to 11 pm Eastern . February 3rd, 1959 is often referred to as The Day The Music Died, mourning the loss of Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens , and The Big Bopper in a plane crash near Clear L...

GUILT-FREE PLEASURES (A Defense Against The Dark Arts): "Freedom" by Wham!There is really no such thing as a guilty pleasure in pop music. Unless you happen to love neo-Nazi ditties or glorifications of hatred or violence, I'd say it's okay for you to dig whatever you wanna dig. Yes, even the hits of The Eagles. Why? BECAUSE THEY...

BOPPIN's Monthly Day OffOnce a month, Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) takes a break from daily posting just long enough to share a private post with subscribers. This month's private post is a sneak peek at the beginning of Singers, Superheroes, And Songs On The Radio: My Life In ...

100-Page FAKES! presents: ADVENTURE COMICS # 444100-Page FAKES! imagines mid-1970s DC 100-Page Super Spectaculars that never were...but should have been! Hey, I'm in this one! Well, I'm on the letters page anyway, gushing enthusiastically about what a swell job the folks at DC were doing with this rev...

Micky Dolenz and The FlashcubesThis was just a random thought that occurred to me during a recent morning commute. What if Micky Dolenz made an album with Syracuse's own power pop powerhouse The Flashcubes ? I don't know what prompted this oddball notion. I was listening to my iPod, so i...

Tonight On THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIODid we take last Sunday off? Yes. Yes we did. Do we intend to overcompensate for that absence by pummeling you with two weeks' worth of rockin' pop music in a mere three hours? Yes. Yes we do. That specific attack includes NEW MUSIC from The Jellybricks , J...

Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: The Everlasting FirstThis Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could. My ongo...